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plants on the highways would remind us of the beauty that god gave us. and it was a lot cheaper not to be planting roses out there or something that was not going to come up next year. so when you see those little signs about, forgive us for not mowing but we're waiting for the seeds to go in the ground, it is said the money. and it is wonderful. we now have a wonderful wildflower center that has been named after her. she finally led us to do it. she did not want it named after her. but the lady byrd wildflower center in austin. we're doing everything to raise money for it and we're going to do a children's garden so we can start with the little children, teaching them about why they should do it. we recycle all of our water. for 30 years, we have been being environmentalists, before we knew what it was. and yes a very, very proud of all of the legacy of mother. what you have to realize is she had many, many years of productivity after daddy died. besides taking care of the lbj library, the lbj school, and all of his legacies, which she has now left on o
plants on the highways would remind us of the beauty that god gave us. and it was a lot cheaper not to be planting roses out there or something that was not going to come up next year. so when you see those little signs about, forgive us for not mowing but we're waiting for the seeds to go in the ground, it is said the money. and it is wonderful. we now have a wonderful wildflower center that has been named after her. she finally led us to do it. she did not want it named after her. but the...
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chaplain conroy: let us pray. eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we come to the end of a week during which some members of this people's house have come to complete their service in the congress and others have come to prepare for their opportunity to serve this great nation. it is a time of tremendous transition, a time thought with trendation and some uncertainty. send your spirit of peace and calm, let all might have confidence in your faithfulness to us and no matter what lies ahead, your grace is abundantly available. now we approach a week during which all americans will regather to remember who we are , a nation generously blessed not only by you, our god, but by courageous ancestors, faithful allies and the best good wishes of people everywhere who long for freedom , who would glory in the difficult work of participated government and who do not enjoy the bounty that we are privileged to possess. bless the members of this assembly and us all that we would be worthy of the call we have been given as americans. help us all to be truly thankfu
chaplain conroy: let us pray. eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we come to the end of a week during which some members of this people's house have come to complete their service in the congress and others have come to prepare for their opportunity to serve this great nation. it is a time of tremendous transition, a time thought with trendation and some uncertainty. send your spirit of peace and calm, let all might have confidence in your faithfulness to us and no matter...
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host: it's military use. host: is this kind of gun, do you think, ok to have outside of military use and by police departments? >> again we have an -- we had an assault weapons ban between 1994 and 2004. a whole bunch of models were declared illegal. one of the unfortunate facts, i wish it weren't the case, we have over $230 million -- we have over 230 million privately owned firearms, millions of those are semiautomatic weapons. banning them doesn't mean they go away, it means they go into the criminal underground market. you can steal one, buy one on the street. unfortunately, i know places in los angeles in california where i'm from where you can probably find one on the street corner in 15 minutes. again, they make that feel good , it may not be the most efficacious things we can do to prevent further tragedies. if we didn't already have 230 million firearms in this country, it would be a different situation. but we do. we have a lot of people with mental health problems that should be addressed. one thir
host: it's military use. host: is this kind of gun, do you think, ok to have outside of military use and by police departments? >> again we have an -- we had an assault weapons ban between 1994 and 2004. a whole bunch of models were declared illegal. one of the unfortunate facts, i wish it weren't the case, we have over $230 million -- we have over 230 million privately owned firearms, millions of those are semiautomatic weapons. banning them doesn't mean they go away, it means they go...
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-- play us a song? >> and a microphone. >> thank you. ♪ >> i love your question and i love your answer. i want to go on record saying i have never seen more positive change than hanging out on twitter for the last few years. it is extraordinary what is happening and especially looking at young people and what they're being exposed to. and how they're connecting, you know, it is amazing. and i have never called it [inaudible] media. is someone else's job. we just use it. ♪ this is a song for you. i am not ukulele player. i am a piano player. you will understand why. ♪ side vicious played a four string bass guitar and could not sing ♪ ♪ everyone hated him except for the ones who loved him. probablysmack and killed his girlfriend nancy spungen ♪ ♪ he would have been happy. ♪ maybe he would not have suffered such a sad end. may be would have sat around just singing nine songs to his girlfriend ♪ ♪ to play your favorite cover songs especially of the words are wrong ♪ ♪ even if your gr
-- play us a song? >> and a microphone. >> thank you. ♪ >> i love your question and i love your answer. i want to go on record saying i have never seen more positive change than hanging out on twitter for the last few years. it is extraordinary what is happening and especially looking at young people and what they're being exposed to. and how they're connecting, you know, it is amazing. and i have never called it [inaudible] media. is someone else's job. we just use it. ♪...
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we -- when we watched people use it, what the hot -- people were using it a lot. and it will wait for two or three weeks and the e-mail is gone and we will we killing mailing headlines like ms. feehan, were graced finger while -- this is the greatest thing. you go back and look at the first radio and everyone said this will invade our privacy. they will call and i am not home and it will break into my house. telephones are probably good on balance caller id. massive forget when caller id came along. you look at the net in 1994. this is what the internet is. sandra bullock wakes up and types her name enter the internet. she -- when she wakes up she has lost all her bearings and were given the message that this was internet. i think it is prove that we're not very good at understanding when it comes along what is going to be eminently valuable and what is a reaction to something that is different from the world we're used to living away. questions. we have 40 minutes. right there. if you'd like to give your name that would be wonderful. >> my question pertains to th
we -- when we watched people use it, what the hot -- people were using it a lot. and it will wait for two or three weeks and the e-mail is gone and we will we killing mailing headlines like ms. feehan, were graced finger while -- this is the greatest thing. you go back and look at the first radio and everyone said this will invade our privacy. they will call and i am not home and it will break into my house. telephones are probably good on balance caller id. massive forget when caller id came...
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to us. atf, department of homeland security, fbi, state, commerce, etc., plus our international partners, the u.k., australia, and canada all have officers working with us. we also have a link with nato intelligence. so in order to execute this whole government process, it starts with intelligence, focused intelligence on these networks where their operating, what are their vulnerabilities. then applying all of the tools that are interagency partners bring to the table. i refer to it as non kinetic targeting. how can we sit tools of state, treasury, and commerce. the me give you some examples of how we have done that and the results of this process. commerce has added 152 persons to the entity list because of ied-related matters. it stops u.s. companies from trading or working with a foreign entity. treasury is imposed economic sanctions on 33 targets that affect the ied flow into afghanistan. there is a news report in reuters i saw today where they just designated three additional individua
to us. atf, department of homeland security, fbi, state, commerce, etc., plus our international partners, the u.k., australia, and canada all have officers working with us. we also have a link with nato intelligence. so in order to execute this whole government process, it starts with intelligence, focused intelligence on these networks where their operating, what are their vulnerabilities. then applying all of the tools that are interagency partners bring to the table. i refer to it as non...
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joining us is josh boak. when we are talking about unemployment insurance, what specific programs are talking about here? guest: unemployment insurance is a combination of federal and state program. usually last 62 weeks. it is that extension beyond that six months time frame that we are talking about as part of the fiscal cliff tops. that is what automatically expires. we know that it costs about $30 billion continuing those additional unemployment benefits. president obama said it is part of a deal that i want to make, those benefits should continue. the public has to take a firm stand. we have seen in the past that obama had to cut a deal in order to get those extensions. host: what specific benefits to these programs provide? guest: the usual weekly cash payout is about $300 a week. sometimes it can vary. in mississippi i want to say it is closer to do hundred dollars. host: how are the programs usually bonded? guest: there funded by payroll taxes. the state administers the programs and the money goes to
joining us is josh boak. when we are talking about unemployment insurance, what specific programs are talking about here? guest: unemployment insurance is a combination of federal and state program. usually last 62 weeks. it is that extension beyond that six months time frame that we are talking about as part of the fiscal cliff tops. that is what automatically expires. we know that it costs about $30 billion continuing those additional unemployment benefits. president obama said it is part of...
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i used to be the natural resources trusty. he can make sure this industry can produce orlon gas without polluting, but we need regulations to make sure the bad actors are held responsible. >> most of the regulation of oil and gas exploration here in new mexico is done by state government, not by federal government. there are certain requirements on federal lands. the big difference on energy policy has to do with which direction we need to go. i believe in a balanced long- term energy plan for this country that includes increasing american sources of supply. he voted for cap-and-trade, the biggest tax on energy, it now being put through regulatory constraints in the history of this country. if it is fully implemented, the loss of 11,000 jobs in new mexico. at increase of costs on our ledger bills of a thousand dollars per household. he also said that coal is a field of the cac -- fuel of the past. if it is the fuel of the past, low-cost energy bills are also a thing of the past. >> speaking of jobs, congresswoman will send cal
i used to be the natural resources trusty. he can make sure this industry can produce orlon gas without polluting, but we need regulations to make sure the bad actors are held responsible. >> most of the regulation of oil and gas exploration here in new mexico is done by state government, not by federal government. there are certain requirements on federal lands. the big difference on energy policy has to do with which direction we need to go. i believe in a balanced long- term energy...
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his presence enhanced us. his wisdom guided us. his integrity fired us. his memory will always lift us up. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. i have the honor to call upon warren's good friend, senator mccain. [applause] >> thank you. wonderful to be with many of my old and dear friends and enemies. [laughter] my friend warren was rough and dissatisfied and impatient and blunt and occasionally profane. he was independent-minded and stubborn. and other words, he was my ideal senator who possessed all of that attributes of an irresistible personality. i like and admire him an awful lot. he seemed to be one of a kind in the senate. the people of the new hampshire ai are sturdy, problem solvers o take responsibilities for themselves and the problems of their time. they like to get done what can be done, even if it involves the dreaded proposition, compromise. without a lot of posturing are second-guessing, on issues that he believed were elemental questions are right and wrong, he was like his state -- immovable. he introduced me to new hampshire. i mean tha
his presence enhanced us. his wisdom guided us. his integrity fired us. his memory will always lift us up. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. i have the honor to call upon warren's good friend, senator mccain. [applause] >> thank you. wonderful to be with many of my old and dear friends and enemies. [laughter] my friend warren was rough and dissatisfied and impatient and blunt and occasionally profane. he was independent-minded and stubborn. and other words, he was my ideal senator...
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and he uses #abtn. getting back to benefits going up about wages not necessarily going up in quite the same way. guest: that is right. since the recession, wage increases have been low. some of the lowest we have seen both in private industry and state and local government in recent years. benefit costs trends to track with health care costs. but there are other benefit costs year. the fixed cost of medicare, social security, taxes and other benefits are related to wages like 401k. they tend to -- they are a fixed cost to employers. even know health costs are down, we do see benefit costs going higher. good: corrigan's, bill, morning. egon, bill, good morning. caller: it product that i would buy from my supplier went up, i would talk to raise my praise for my customer. which would raise the price to the public. when i hire somebody, i give them over $9 an hour, it goes up to $10 an hour let us say, i have to raise my prices to my customers, so they raise their prices to their customers. it looks like a
and he uses #abtn. getting back to benefits going up about wages not necessarily going up in quite the same way. guest: that is right. since the recession, wage increases have been low. some of the lowest we have seen both in private industry and state and local government in recent years. benefit costs trends to track with health care costs. but there are other benefit costs year. the fixed cost of medicare, social security, taxes and other benefits are related to wages like 401k. they tend to...
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caller: it affects all of us. if you go back to the 16th amendment and eliminate every withholding and deduction, the tax base would be so huge that some of us believe a single digit flat tax would generate enough revenue to pay the current budget and pay off this edebt. heidi: i'm sorry, i hit the butttop too early but we got the point. guest: it's bredening the tax rate. that's known as tax reform, and republicans want to do that they want to use this as leverage to do tax reform next yearing republicans want to to that to improve their brand, because they're the tax cutting brand and they want to be known as the tax reform party. so keep watching, maybe something will happen, though it's hard to get rid of any credit or deduction because there are a lot of powerful interests mind it and a lot of them like the mortgage interest deduction. host: there's been talk at one point, like in 2011, about a grand scheme and big plan. again, december 6, today? guest: still talking about it. host: with some seriousness? gue
caller: it affects all of us. if you go back to the 16th amendment and eliminate every withholding and deduction, the tax base would be so huge that some of us believe a single digit flat tax would generate enough revenue to pay the current budget and pay off this edebt. heidi: i'm sorry, i hit the butttop too early but we got the point. guest: it's bredening the tax rate. that's known as tax reform, and republicans want to do that they want to use this as leverage to do tax reform next yearing...
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this is moving us forward, not moving us backwards. this is actually taking an approach that should have been taken four years ago and the democrats punted it down the field. in september, we voted on this initial stem bill and we had 30 democrats cross the aisle. to vote with us. now we didn't meet the threshold of 2/3 because it was under suspension, so i truly believe that this bill has the ability to cross -- cut across the aisle and we heard our good friend from oregon talk about it. for the right seasons. you know, just because it's not perfect doesn't mean we should just throw it in the scrap heap. and i agree that, listen, we can pass this bill. send it to the senate. the senate has the option to bring it up, debate it, vote on it, amend it and send it back to the house. do your job. i agree that that's what they should do. at least have the discussion. when the senate comes out and says, we're going to ignore it, we're not going to do anything with it, that's a disservice to the american public. it's aties service to those tha
this is moving us forward, not moving us backwards. this is actually taking an approach that should have been taken four years ago and the democrats punted it down the field. in september, we voted on this initial stem bill and we had 30 democrats cross the aisle. to vote with us. now we didn't meet the threshold of 2/3 because it was under suspension, so i truly believe that this bill has the ability to cross -- cut across the aisle and we heard our good friend from oregon talk about it. for...
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the greenback got us out of trouble. we have to get the little man out of the picture of the money and let america start controlling its money again and bring it back to the congress. that is my statement. thank you. guest: i think president obama provided leadership to save the banks. it was necessary to save the banks in order to get the economy going. he then provided leadership for some regulation of the financial institutions through the dodd- frank legislation. we can argue about whether that is adequate regulation. we are going to have a debate still over whether these too data to failed banks are too data to exist and should be broken up -- too big to fail banks are too big to exist. caller: i have two comments. first of all, i see some inclination here to over romanticized what the senate was in the past. one example i think of when you say we did things for the good of the country was the subsidy we gave to our tobacco farmers. it is disgusting, appalling, and inexcusable. it represented the power of one or two
the greenback got us out of trouble. we have to get the little man out of the picture of the money and let america start controlling its money again and bring it back to the congress. that is my statement. thank you. guest: i think president obama provided leadership to save the banks. it was necessary to save the banks in order to get the economy going. he then provided leadership for some regulation of the financial institutions through the dodd- frank legislation. we can argue about whether...
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us. we have given up engaging in africa, and all the income growth, having those helps us in defense issues and other things, and we are not doing fine now. -- doing that now. >> the easiest way, so maybe we get in right. let's negotiate the first trade agreement in over 40 years. president obama is the first president not to negotiate a trade agreement. >> those were negotiated by the previous administration. good the bottom line is we have an opportunity right now to knock down barriers. you get overwhelming support from that. i think it would have been tougher the first term. there is an opportunity to move forward. we need to help our current trading partners get in right so we can all engage china and the other markets in a way that serves everyone. >> the world still conveys -- still envies financial innovation. they are good at scaling. they are not so good at inventing. i want to go back to this issue of bipartisan support and talk about the republican side. the president did crea
us. we have given up engaging in africa, and all the income growth, having those helps us in defense issues and other things, and we are not doing fine now. -- doing that now. >> the easiest way, so maybe we get in right. let's negotiate the first trade agreement in over 40 years. president obama is the first president not to negotiate a trade agreement. >> those were negotiated by the previous administration. good the bottom line is we have an opportunity right now to knock down...
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i think that is the wrong benchmark for us to use. let me just say no private sector organization in the world would ever use the number of widgets it produced to determine where it should invest its money in the future. rather, profitability is the key. they have to use it. we should do more of the same. instead of a soviet-style outlook as far as our government spending is concerned, we should be concerned with what we really have left at the end of the day. we know it is deficit right now, but that is all the more reason why both sides of the question should have to be looked at, the spending side and the revenue side. my question is, and i think mr. fuller might shed some light -- the spending side and the revenue side. when we look at productivity, when we look at the line items of the budget, the difference between spending the money on the military hardware versus spending the money on other sectors of the economy, not just on the multiplier effect on jobs and the velocity of money in the economy over the immediate years, but l
i think that is the wrong benchmark for us to use. let me just say no private sector organization in the world would ever use the number of widgets it produced to determine where it should invest its money in the future. rather, profitability is the key. they have to use it. we should do more of the same. instead of a soviet-style outlook as far as our government spending is concerned, we should be concerned with what we really have left at the end of the day. we know it is deficit right now,...
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congressman ryan voted with us. he voted with us in the congress before he saw romney. he said -- these are the facts. he was asserting that the advertisement was factually true. let me tell you what the facts are. the facts are, congressman, that 1 million people are at work who would not have been. the facts are, governor romney, he wrote an editorial called let detroit go bankrupt. the facts are that mitt romney will say anything, anything to win. as the plain dealer put it, he will do anything the matter how much confusion he must so to do it. ladies and gentleman, the role of the president is not to sow confusion, but concert -- confidence. [applause] you probably heard me say this before, but i am here saying it again, presidential elections are about one thing, first and foremost, a character. character, character, the character of the candidates. ladies and gentlemen, it is clear, our guy has character. our guys says what he means. he means what he says. he never depends on who he is talking to. he stands by what he says. that cannot be said about governor romne
congressman ryan voted with us. he voted with us in the congress before he saw romney. he said -- these are the facts. he was asserting that the advertisement was factually true. let me tell you what the facts are. the facts are, congressman, that 1 million people are at work who would not have been. the facts are, governor romney, he wrote an editorial called let detroit go bankrupt. the facts are that mitt romney will say anything, anything to win. as the plain dealer put it, he will do...
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i'm sort of used to it. we don't know the answer because it hasn't been tested in a lot of places yet. the places that has been tested, it's worked fairly well. states have been really working hard to make sure people who don't have photo i.d.s get them. we don't know. there's lots of stories about voter suppression and things that looked like voter suppression. there was some billboards in cleveland that said voter fraud is a crime. lot of people felt were very intimidating and some of those have been taken down. they certainly has been widely criticized. widespread intimidation, i don't know they're rampant as people tend to believe they are they are. host: next question comes from student at lynn university. go ahead allen chambers. caller: good morning. my question is given the outrageous monetary value generated into the congressional campaign and presidential campaign, is it going to be an election where money equals power? guest: as of friday, i counted $173.9 million in outside and super pac money in
i'm sort of used to it. we don't know the answer because it hasn't been tested in a lot of places yet. the places that has been tested, it's worked fairly well. states have been really working hard to make sure people who don't have photo i.d.s get them. we don't know. there's lots of stories about voter suppression and things that looked like voter suppression. there was some billboards in cleveland that said voter fraud is a crime. lot of people felt were very intimidating and some of those...
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us as citizens. -- that unites us as citizens. and may every tree across the country shine as a beacon of hope for all americans. so on behalf of the entire family, i'd like to wish each and every one of you a very and every one of you a very merry christmas and a peaceful
us as citizens. -- that unites us as citizens. and may every tree across the country shine as a beacon of hope for all americans. so on behalf of the entire family, i'd like to wish each and every one of you a very and every one of you a very merry christmas and a peaceful
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build us a program to use facebook to get them to organize their friends. he said that is going to be hard and expensive. i complained about how expensive it was and then we built it. >> what did you learn from him a political person would never have seen? >> what did i learn? i think what he learned. if he was sitting on the stage, he would say that in the end, they did a lot of things to make door knocking easier. that is what this is about. he said this to me, all of these people in his room and in every door around the country were doing it because of barack obama. we got people to take pay cuts and giveaway golden parachutes because they wanted to work for barack obama. >> is that true, this was the most expensive in history? >> totally. we had to weigh more than last time. we registered with more voters. we had more volunteers. 2008 was a magical campaign. 2012, we finally got good at it. we spent five years learning how to do it. the best story, in august, i went to a convention in ohio. this amazing team leader said to me, the simplest thing about t
build us a program to use facebook to get them to organize their friends. he said that is going to be hard and expensive. i complained about how expensive it was and then we built it. >> what did you learn from him a political person would never have seen? >> what did i learn? i think what he learned. if he was sitting on the stage, he would say that in the end, they did a lot of things to make door knocking easier. that is what this is about. he said this to me, all of these people...
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they want us to stay in the pacific without trying to drive us out. we are not containing them. we need to work on concrete areas where you work on issues of school and bilateral that build constituencies for both relationships. it helps to solve some problems and put into context for the public -- the respective publics the fact that we have human rights and other areas of cooperation to keep this relationship steady. i will finish by saying that we should not be overly optimistic or pessimistic. i will go back to that expert, mark twain. he says about music what i would say about the u.s.-china relationship. --said about wagner's music he was a great music critic. britney spears'spair not asand said, "it's good as it looks." [laughter] >> thank you. >> let me pick up on a point he made earlier. it is a complex idea. a great challenge that we face and might face is managing this relationship. in this context, i want to stress what i see as two of the major issues of challenge. first, the internal challenge. we tend to assume that china is growing at an% a year -- 10% per year,
they want us to stay in the pacific without trying to drive us out. we are not containing them. we need to work on concrete areas where you work on issues of school and bilateral that build constituencies for both relationships. it helps to solve some problems and put into context for the public -- the respective publics the fact that we have human rights and other areas of cooperation to keep this relationship steady. i will finish by saying that we should not be overly optimistic or...
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speaker, is used to describe a group of people and the n word used to be fashionable or it used to be socially acceptable to use the n word, but now we don't say the n word, we say -- we refer to that word as the n word. i had never heard of the m word, representative schakowsky, the m word. it's a word also that describes a group of people and it at one time has been commonly used as a desipive -- descripive term. it was at one time socially -- scripive term. it was at one time socially acceptable. but to my discovery, just within the last 12 hours or so, i have found that the use of the -- the use of the m word is no longer socially acceptable. now, the m word he refers to a group of people, the little people. and -- but when we say little people, i'm not talking about the helmsley little people. i'm not talking about the 47%, i'm not talking about the takers instead of the makers as some would describe them, i'm not talking about the middle class, working people, poor people, working poor people that's not what is meant by the little people term. it really refers to a medical condi
speaker, is used to describe a group of people and the n word used to be fashionable or it used to be socially acceptable to use the n word, but now we don't say the n word, we say -- we refer to that word as the n word. i had never heard of the m word, representative schakowsky, the m word. it's a word also that describes a group of people and it at one time has been commonly used as a desipive -- descripive term. it was at one time socially -- scripive term. it was at one time socially...
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from us and vice versa. we are doing cross the borders of. >>stuff. >> i am with defense daily. can you talk about smart financing and touched about how that interrelates with sharing of cyber and infrastructure? >> i wish i could talk more about spared financing. i want to get smart finances. there are creative ways of public-private financing. we see that in our transportation sector with private roads and toll r oads. we will increasingly see where folks who have figured out ways to partner with governments that address the private sector's need for return on investments in relatively short term and the government's needs for something that is sustainable for the long term and where we have very limited resources. the government has the ability to put into place a legal framework that could assist in that. it has a longer-term framework and the ability to stretch things out. it does not have to satisfy a quarterly shareholder. is there a way to bring that kind of ability to make a longer-term investment t
from us and vice versa. we are doing cross the borders of. >>stuff. >> i am with defense daily. can you talk about smart financing and touched about how that interrelates with sharing of cyber and infrastructure? >> i wish i could talk more about spared financing. i want to get smart finances. there are creative ways of public-private financing. we see that in our transportation sector with private roads and toll r oads. we will increasingly see where folks who have figured...
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let us stand the post office up. let us view it as a vital system. there are individuals who depend upon this massive postal system. it can be made efficient. it can be made better. we can protect the workers. do we want to give a christmas gift to hardworking postal workers who as they are known to go through rain or snow or sleet and give them a pink slip for no fault of their own? this is not the american way. we create jobs. we don't destroy jobs. it's time for us to stand up and be heard before the deadline that our postal workers who are always there, who are the ones that find the elderly and the sick in their homes, because they know their route and they find those persons if they are in need, they are the good news people that come by to seniors and come by to disabled and come by to poor families. i want to see that we can work together, bring our postal workers here to make a difference and to reform the postal system to keep it alive. it is a vital source of work, but it is a vital service to the american people. with that, mr. speaker, i
let us stand the post office up. let us view it as a vital system. there are individuals who depend upon this massive postal system. it can be made efficient. it can be made better. we can protect the workers. do we want to give a christmas gift to hardworking postal workers who as they are known to go through rain or snow or sleet and give them a pink slip for no fault of their own? this is not the american way. we create jobs. we don't destroy jobs. it's time for us to stand up and be heard...
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chaplain conroy: let us pray. gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. throughout history you have been ever present to all believers. in times of darkness we readily turp on light. millions of americans in this season have variously turned to the celebration of the christmas season with its trees and lights and hanukkah, the festival of lights. even so, in our political world there remains the reality of considerable disagreement and contention. where there is darkness here, send forth a spark of inspiration and grace to enlighten minds and warm hearts to respond to your love for your people. eternal father of us all, fill your children with the delight that comes from light. may we walk no longer in the darkness of distrust, but join together in mutual understanding and peace toward the common well-being of our nation. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. amen. . the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of
chaplain conroy: let us pray. gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. throughout history you have been ever present to all believers. in times of darkness we readily turp on light. millions of americans in this season have variously turned to the celebration of the christmas season with its trees and lights and hanukkah, the festival of lights. even so, in our political world there remains the reality of considerable disagreement and contention. where there is darkness here,...
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it can be used for anything. it's not for engine technology, it's not for restoration of the environment. and it doesn't stop emissions. so this bill does represent a bipartisan, bicameral compromise. but it gives us the authority to hold their feet to the fire and get a solution. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from west virginia. mr. lahood: mr. speaker, the gentleman i am going to yield to now may be departing the congress after this session. but we will still value his professionalism, his expertise and certainly his friendship for the very near and distant future. i'm happy to yield five minutes to the gentleman from illinois, the once chairman and now ranking member of our aviation subcommittee on transportation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> i thank the gentleman, the running backing member, for yielding, and thank him for his kind words and friendship as well. mr. speaker, i
it can be used for anything. it's not for engine technology, it's not for restoration of the environment. and it doesn't stop emissions. so this bill does represent a bipartisan, bicameral compromise. but it gives us the authority to hold their feet to the fire and get a solution. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from west virginia. mr. lahood: mr. speaker, the gentleman i am going to yield to now may be...
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tell us who you are. >> thank you for having us again and again. i am a u.s. correspondent for newspapers. i have a question for henry. if you have not mentioned the governor of ohio at all. was that on purpose? do you think he doesn't play our role? >> i have never found and governors matter of law in presidential elections. they can help organize volunteers, but they're standing or their popularity almost never holds over. the one thing i should have mentioned is the race from two years ago is a good indicator of mitt romney's weakness. after leaving congress, he came from an investment bank background and was running against someone in the west virginia part of ohio. it was eyes on the side of the working-class man. in the atmosphere of 2010, he won by only about two points. he did much better in affluent suburbs that he did in the working-class areas. one of the things that i will be looking at that they talked about after the election is the degree to which the strickland numbers were an indicator of whether romney did or did not hit vote targets in 2012.
tell us who you are. >> thank you for having us again and again. i am a u.s. correspondent for newspapers. i have a question for henry. if you have not mentioned the governor of ohio at all. was that on purpose? do you think he doesn't play our role? >> i have never found and governors matter of law in presidential elections. they can help organize volunteers, but they're standing or their popularity almost never holds over. the one thing i should have mentioned is the race from two...
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for us to stay involved. i believe as i say as three democrats and three republican, we all agree we were going to come here today to focus on what we have in common which frankly is a lot. i think we all recognize that there's an impact on our states certainly by what happens here and we just want to make sure we as a national governors association and as individual democrats and republicans we are working together. with that i am going to turn it over to the governor from oklahoma. >> thank you and we want to thank the president for speaking on behalf the governors association and the briefing on the economy and some of the discussions going forward here at capitol hill. this is a very serious time for our nation. a very serious time for individual states. especially as we are recovering from the 2008 economic downturn that our nation took and certainly the impact that they had upon our states. we know there are still many states in our states that are experiencing budget shortfalls. there are some states t
for us to stay involved. i believe as i say as three democrats and three republican, we all agree we were going to come here today to focus on what we have in common which frankly is a lot. i think we all recognize that there's an impact on our states certainly by what happens here and we just want to make sure we as a national governors association and as individual democrats and republicans we are working together. with that i am going to turn it over to the governor from oklahoma. >>...
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so often, we forget, do not use our voices, to not use our feet. and you have all heard the jfk quote -- ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. i actually think that in america today, it is ok to ask those questions. we expect our government to respond to our needs. the greensboro four expected more from america. for years, young people have been ignored. the obama election in 2008 the high point of youth voting in america. this is an enormous opportunity. for the first time in a long time, young people are a voting bloc that should not and cannot be ignored. do not lose that important footnote. maintain your responsibility to vote, expressed in your voice be heard, but those who make decisions on your behalf. margaret mead once said never that that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. indeed, it is the only thing that ever happened. i asked you to be that crew. i ask you to stand up to be heard and your voice matters. your vote is vital. it helps ensure you're not just working for your
so often, we forget, do not use our voices, to not use our feet. and you have all heard the jfk quote -- ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. i actually think that in america today, it is ok to ask those questions. we expect our government to respond to our needs. the greensboro four expected more from america. for years, young people have been ignored. the obama election in 2008 the high point of youth voting in america. this is an enormous...
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i would strongly urge us to use the $480 million being spent on the congo, instead being used to help to people in united states of america who are in need of help, or help reduce the deficit that was testified to be the greatest national security threat to the united states of america. it is a matter of priorities. i appreciate the very noble -- i emphasize the word noble -- effort to help people who are in harm's also way in various parts of the world. my colleague from florida mentioned somalia. certainly in vietnam we tried to do the noble things. we're in a different financial reality. in the absence of a national security interest in the congo, i am afraid that sequestration will force us to retract even though we may wish to the contrary. i yield back the remainder of my time. >> a couple of questions. sequestration is not only obama's, but also our responsibility. i believe we voted for it. >> i did not vote for it. >> we talked about this whole issue. it has been suggested that perhaps -- >> $80 million. is that more or less correct? [indiscernible] >> we will hear that in a
i would strongly urge us to use the $480 million being spent on the congo, instead being used to help to people in united states of america who are in need of help, or help reduce the deficit that was testified to be the greatest national security threat to the united states of america. it is a matter of priorities. i appreciate the very noble -- i emphasize the word noble -- effort to help people who are in harm's also way in various parts of the world. my colleague from florida mentioned...
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the hispanics do not like us. white women do not like us. blacks do not like us. the jewish vote does not like us. if we had a totally democratic party, not even have a republican party, what would happen? the democrats would then decide who gets what, who does what, who pays what? i am finding the republican party -- i do not want to work anymore. i have lost part because i do not see any point. guest: american policy tends to be cyclical. parties will have a big triumph and a couple years later -- lost heart. -- lost heart. it is probably premature to write the epitaph of the republican party. the wheel will turn again. the republicans have some challenges ahead but they're going to have to figure out a way to deal with. host: the caller brings up the female vote. obama winning female vote 55% 2 mitt romney's 44%. that was down a little bit from 2008, when obama won 56% to about 43%. guest: if you dive deeper into the numbers, it is not so much the there is a gender gap. we talked a lot about the gender gap. there is a marriage gap. obama won by better than two-
the hispanics do not like us. white women do not like us. blacks do not like us. the jewish vote does not like us. if we had a totally democratic party, not even have a republican party, what would happen? the democrats would then decide who gets what, who does what, who pays what? i am finding the republican party -- i do not want to work anymore. i have lost part because i do not see any point. guest: american policy tends to be cyclical. parties will have a big triumph and a couple years...
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we have to find strategies to stop over using our car been used. we can do it. i work hard to permit a plan that shows there is a cleaner future for caloal. that is what i will promote. on the affordable care act, i like seniors having free preventative care. i like 21 to 26 year olds on their family policies. on sequester, i know my time is up. i will save that. >> can thank you. [laughter] >> do i get a rebuttal? >> yes. >> he admitted he did not answer the whole question. there were tough times when i came in as governor as well. my predecessor had tough times, as well. what we did is not raise taxes. tim, you try to raise taxes on working women, seniors, and people earning as little as $70,000 a year. that does not help make the state more attractive for business. we do have a record. a record of jobs for virginia. you mentioned the same facility. under the regulations i oppose, and if i am in the united states senate, i will stop those -- stop those regulations, by those regulations, that plan could not be permanent. it is a clean coal facility. is a great
we have to find strategies to stop over using our car been used. we can do it. i work hard to permit a plan that shows there is a cleaner future for caloal. that is what i will promote. on the affordable care act, i like seniors having free preventative care. i like 21 to 26 year olds on their family policies. on sequester, i know my time is up. i will save that. >> can thank you. [laughter] >> do i get a rebuttal? >> yes. >> he admitted he did not answer the whole...
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host: you can send us an email or join us on facebook or twitter. what surprised you about the election tuesday? guest: what surprised me was the obama victory. 5% of the people that are independent voters. i think it was a very decisive victory. and all of those stories we were reflecting on before hand, that this would take months to figure out, this will go to the house of representatives, president obama won the electoral vote. pretty solid. he won the popular vote, which is decisive. he won eight out of nine of the battleground states that we were told they were so close, they could have gone to mitt romney. host: where the polls wrong? what is going on? -- were the polls wrong? what is going on? guest: every night on the news, what led the news. -- what led the news? the latest gallup poll. they have not been right since they were wrong in 1946. i must say, nate got it right on the blog. host: good morning. caller: i noticed throughout the campaigning that republican politicians have like complete contempt for the republican voter. mitt romney
host: you can send us an email or join us on facebook or twitter. what surprised you about the election tuesday? guest: what surprised me was the obama victory. 5% of the people that are independent voters. i think it was a very decisive victory. and all of those stories we were reflecting on before hand, that this would take months to figure out, this will go to the house of representatives, president obama won the electoral vote. pretty solid. he won the popular vote, which is decisive. he...
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americans want us to work together. republicans want us to work together. democrats want us to work together. they want a balanced approach to everything, but especially the situation we have dealing with this huge deficit and taxes are a part of that. >> the american people have spoken. they have reelected president obama, and they have to get reelected a republican majority in the house of representatives. if there is a mandate in yesterday's results, it is a mandate for us to find a way to work together on the solutions for the challenges we all face as a nation. my message today is not one of confrontation but one of conviction. mr. president, this is your moment. we are ready to be led -- not as democrats or republicans, but as americans. we want you to lead -- not as a liberal or conservative, but as president of the united states of america. we want you to succeed. let's challenge ourselves to find the common ground that has eluded us. let's rise above the dysfunction and do the right thing together for our country. host: democratic caller in pennsyl
americans want us to work together. republicans want us to work together. democrats want us to work together. they want a balanced approach to everything, but especially the situation we have dealing with this huge deficit and taxes are a part of that. >> the american people have spoken. they have reelected president obama, and they have to get reelected a republican majority in the house of representatives. if there is a mandate in yesterday's results, it is a mandate for us to find a...
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it is not going to hurt us. we are in such a mess there is no reason not to experiment with different viewpoints, especially when it comes to monetary policy. host: gail russell chaddock? guest: high in the huge fan of third parties. there is a phenomenon of a critical realigning election, when the late shift, the new deal was won election -- was one election. people refer to this as a demographic election, and that -- that is a useful term, but democracy is not a block. out of the knicks could come possibilities for a third party -- this mix could come the possibility for a third party that would not be shackled by disputes of the past. -- we have already seen that parties have lost control of who finances candidates. what if these groups turned to funding third parties? it is an interesting possibility. it is certainly no longer true that the money has to come from one or two parties. host: gary johnson, libertarian candidate, reached 1.2 million votes, the most by any libertarian candidate. do you think there
it is not going to hurt us. we are in such a mess there is no reason not to experiment with different viewpoints, especially when it comes to monetary policy. host: gail russell chaddock? guest: high in the huge fan of third parties. there is a phenomenon of a critical realigning election, when the late shift, the new deal was won election -- was one election. people refer to this as a demographic election, and that -- that is a useful term, but democracy is not a block. out of the knicks could...
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he told us he is not mitt romney but he did not give us what he's going to do with the budget. a blueprint with what he tried to do with john boehner and his policies of these years he has to consolidate them? i don't buy the notion we have no idea what he's going to do. i think we have a pretty good idea. >> he did not tell us. >> what would you like him to stay? >> i would like him to tell us what he plans to do with the budget and how we're going to deal with the fiscal cliff. >> i think now we are in that time. we will see how he does that. i don't think mitt romney told us how he would deal with it either. >> i think you are right and we can agree on that. >> the model to me is health- care reform. barack obama never told us what he wanted. he never did what bill clinton did and put a proposal on the table. i think that's what we will see. as the president put out an emigration proposal or embrace simpson-bulls or does he try to bring everyone into the white house -- since then-bowles. we don't know the answer. either approach could work and be the one has risks. the first
he told us he is not mitt romney but he did not give us what he's going to do with the budget. a blueprint with what he tried to do with john boehner and his policies of these years he has to consolidate them? i don't buy the notion we have no idea what he's going to do. i think we have a pretty good idea. >> he did not tell us. >> what would you like him to stay? >> i would like him to tell us what he plans to do with the budget and how we're going to deal with the fiscal...
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chaplain conroy: let us pray. eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we pause in your presence and ask guidance for the men and women of the people's house. enable them, o god, to act on what they believe to be right and true and just and to do so in ways that show respect for those with whom they disagree. send your healing upon our nation as we continue to recover from such a great tragedy, endow the members of this house and all our governmental leaders with the wisdom to respond with whatever policies and laws might be needed to ensure greater peace and security in our land. bless us this day and every day and may all that is done be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentlelady from california, ms. chu. ms. chu: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it s
chaplain conroy: let us pray. eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we pause in your presence and ask guidance for the men and women of the people's house. enable them, o god, to act on what they believe to be right and true and just and to do so in ways that show respect for those with whom they disagree. send your healing upon our nation as we continue to recover from such a great tragedy, endow the members of this house and all our governmental leaders with the wisdom to...
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were to as the scoutmaster -- who we refer to as the scoutmaster and jeff duncan who is not here with us, i have been afforded the great opportunities in the world to serve in the house of representatives. what has made more meaningful is to have served with these four guys and our scoutmaster. i look forward to continue to build. i have not won anything yet in the senate. i have to run for reelection in 2014. i look for to the opportunity to introduce myself to citizens throughout this great state. the future is incredibly bright for america. we have our challenges. we have things we have to overcome.
were to as the scoutmaster -- who we refer to as the scoutmaster and jeff duncan who is not here with us, i have been afforded the great opportunities in the world to serve in the house of representatives. what has made more meaningful is to have served with these four guys and our scoutmaster. i look forward to continue to build. i have not won anything yet in the senate. i have to run for reelection in 2014. i look for to the opportunity to introduce myself to citizens throughout this great...
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what happens to us? the one thing that i know is people want to be involved in supporting the agenda. how it looks is a discussion that we need to have with the grassroots. you can't run two presidential campaigns and say we're going to do it from d.c. now. that's not how it's going to work. what's going to happen, the president has been direct, is our people are going to get to make some decisions. we're going to go through a process like we did after the '08 and sit down with them. part of the smartest thing we did in the 2012 campaign was go and have a series of town halls online with the supporters. what kind of campaign do you want to run? that's why we ended up doing some things at the time i didn't want to do. get involved in local elections in wisconsin. because our people wanted to. it ended up being some of the best things we did. we're going to learn from our folks. >> what are the mechanics of that? this was an e-mail yesterday or two nights ago from you -- maybe it was george clooney. asking
what happens to us? the one thing that i know is people want to be involved in supporting the agenda. how it looks is a discussion that we need to have with the grassroots. you can't run two presidential campaigns and say we're going to do it from d.c. now. that's not how it's going to work. what's going to happen, the president has been direct, is our people are going to get to make some decisions. we're going to go through a process like we did after the '08 and sit down with them. part of...
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so it's back to us. members of congress have the purse strings and if the administration will not properly appoint a special prosecutor to investigate, not with the intent of putting someone in jail but to see if there is something that needs to be prosecuted if they're not willing to do that, then we need to cut off funds to those areas that are refusing to do justice because an injustice department should not be funded, at least the parts of it that are doing injustice. there are parts that are serving nobly and well. fund those parts. we have the power of the purse to check and balance an administration running amok. so when an administration takes actions to make sure that people who are illegally vote having the chance to illegally vote, we need to look at what areas we are funding there. because if there's a justice department that is assisting, complicit, in seing that people not legally allowed to vote, vote, then we have the power of the purse strings to do something about it and we should. and
so it's back to us. members of congress have the purse strings and if the administration will not properly appoint a special prosecutor to investigate, not with the intent of putting someone in jail but to see if there is something that needs to be prosecuted if they're not willing to do that, then we need to cut off funds to those areas that are refusing to do justice because an injustice department should not be funded, at least the parts of it that are doing injustice. there are parts that...
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i thought the president owes us an explanation and he never gave it to us. host: susanna's calling for mitt romney. caller: good afternoon. i would like to stand in solidarity with most of the commons that the previous caller just made. i am the mother of two military sons. they both volunteered during times of war. they deserve so much more than this commander and chief has been able to give them. there are so many issues that i think people are not aware of. if you are not in the military or do not have a loved one, you would not know about a lot of the things that go on such as people need jobs so we do not talk about much. if you watch the general channel a news you get the same old story all the time. i know what his favorite cookies are but most people do not understand the rules of engagement in afghanistan are against the united states soldiers. they will not be getting what they need. there are some horrible things going on that of being withheld from the american public. host: as could use some of supporting the president. to someone supporting the
i thought the president owes us an explanation and he never gave it to us. host: susanna's calling for mitt romney. caller: good afternoon. i would like to stand in solidarity with most of the commons that the previous caller just made. i am the mother of two military sons. they both volunteered during times of war. they deserve so much more than this commander and chief has been able to give them. there are so many issues that i think people are not aware of. if you are not in the military or...
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host: joining us on the phone is the news director in afghanistan thanks for being with us. caller: good evening. let me pick up on something that is stability in the country. it is not a stable country. the latest round of car bombings with 20 people killed over the last couple of days. but if you look at the country you're living in and covering for the associates press what parts of afghanistan are stable if any? caller: there are parts of afghanistan that are stable. the issue isn't stability but freedom of movement. there have been some gains in the south. there are broad parts of southern afghanistan that are more secure than they were before the surge. eastern afghanistan is a different story. there is still a lot of fighting going on along the pakistan border. there are a couple of provinces that are not governable but we get back to freedom of movement, how safe is it for afghanistan people to move around and it's not thatgood. afghanistan people can't travel so the situation right now is stable in parts of the country. there is sort of a stable government but it's
host: joining us on the phone is the news director in afghanistan thanks for being with us. caller: good evening. let me pick up on something that is stability in the country. it is not a stable country. the latest round of car bombings with 20 people killed over the last couple of days. but if you look at the country you're living in and covering for the associates press what parts of afghanistan are stable if any? caller: there are parts of afghanistan that are stable. the issue isn't...
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many of these weapons we can't use, will never use. but we are going to spend $200 billion upgrading the arsenal over the next 10 years? and they are looking at three separate delivery systems, including new submarines at almost $5 billion apiece? against whom? we need a tiny fraction of this to deal with china or russia t our nuclear arsenal isn't stopping iran from trying to achieve its nuclear weapon. these are sad, missed opportunities to right size the military which will still be the most powerful in the world by far. for us to deal with veterans' needs. mr. mcgovern: additional one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. blumenauer: for us to deal with the threats that we face today, to deal with the damage that we have done in the misguided war in iraq. to be able to deal meaningfully with the guard and ready reserve that should be upgraded and healed from the damage that was inflicted upon him. we can provide far more real security, save tax dollars, deal with the needs of veterans that are about to b
many of these weapons we can't use, will never use. but we are going to spend $200 billion upgrading the arsenal over the next 10 years? and they are looking at three separate delivery systems, including new submarines at almost $5 billion apiece? against whom? we need a tiny fraction of this to deal with china or russia t our nuclear arsenal isn't stopping iran from trying to achieve its nuclear weapon. these are sad, missed opportunities to right size the military which will still be the most...
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they're here with us today. they were with us every single step of the way they sustained us. they went out on their own and they multimultiplied our campaign all across this country. no one did this with more grace and with courage and candor that i love than my wife teresa. and i thank her. [cheering and applauding] thank you. and our children were there every single step of the way. it was unbelievable. vanessa, alec, chris, andre and john from my family and elizabeth edwards who is so remarkable and so strong and so smart. [cheering and applauding] and johnny and kate who went out there on her own just like my daughters did and also emma, claire and jack who were up beyond their bedtime last night like a lot of us. [applause]. >> awant to thank my -- i want to thank my crew mates and my friends from 35 years ago that great bands -- band of brothers who crisscrossed this country on my behalf through 2004. [applause]. thank you. they had the courage to speak the truth back then and they spoke it again this year and for that i will forever be grateful. and thank also as i loo
they're here with us today. they were with us every single step of the way they sustained us. they went out on their own and they multimultiplied our campaign all across this country. no one did this with more grace and with courage and candor that i love than my wife teresa. and i thank her. [cheering and applauding] thank you. and our children were there every single step of the way. it was unbelievable. vanessa, alec, chris, andre and john from my family and elizabeth edwards who is so...
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for us. but what i said was tough. a lot of the campaign was designed to create and asia over the budget cuts. and you saw him cutting -- to create amnesia over the budget cuts. you saw in cutting a ribbon. you saw the banners and flags and reagan with color. the son was hitting him just right. and i said, little would you know that he is cutting the budget for nursing home construction. and i said a little would you know from this picture that he is cutting the environmental budget. it was unrelenting. four and half minutes, very long. and i thought, i will go back to the white house and he will never talk to me again. the piece ran, the phone rang, a senior white house official. i said, hollow, and i knew he was going to yell at me. peace -- great piece. i said, what, did you hear what i said in an? and he said, nobody heard what you said. and it clicked in my head. i realized that was true. i took my piece to a smithsonian institution focus group, 100 people. i ran my peace. if three or fo
for us. but what i said was tough. a lot of the campaign was designed to create and asia over the budget cuts. and you saw him cutting -- to create amnesia over the budget cuts. you saw in cutting a ribbon. you saw the banners and flags and reagan with color. the son was hitting him just right. and i said, little would you know that he is cutting the budget for nursing home construction. and i said a little would you know from this picture that he is cutting the environmental budget. it was...
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duncan, who is here with us. in september, the house acted and passed the duncan bill overwhelmingly, and last week the senate further reiterated its strong bipartisan and bicameral support for the bill and the need to address iran's increased presence in the western hemisphere. in february, the committee on foreign affairs held a hearing entitled ahmadinejad's tour of tyrants and iran's agenda in the western hemisphere in order to examine the growing threat posed by iran and its proxies to the u.s. national security interests in the western hemisphere, a threat that first became evident 18 years ago with the deadly assault on the jewish community center in buenos aries. 18 years ago diplomats partnered with hezbollah, a foreign terrorist organization, to carry out the attack. since then, tehran has only increased its subversive actions as well as their diplomatic and economic relations with radical regimes in latin america. iran's ahmadinejad made two trips to latin america this year in an attempt to garner supp
duncan, who is here with us. in september, the house acted and passed the duncan bill overwhelmingly, and last week the senate further reiterated its strong bipartisan and bicameral support for the bill and the need to address iran's increased presence in the western hemisphere. in february, the committee on foreign affairs held a hearing entitled ahmadinejad's tour of tyrants and iran's agenda in the western hemisphere in order to examine the growing threat posed by iran and its proxies to the...
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being like us. our university systems are still where they should be in terms of reputation and entertainment, but no one from other countries wants to send their kids over here to go to our k-12 schools. they do that there, and then they say, we will transfer them to some ivy league school or some good college in the states. we are at the point where we need to seriously look at what is going to take to change the dynamic. in recent days we have heard about a teachers strike. i think the big challenge that we have is we put ourselves in these partisan boxes and we force people when we talk about education to take sides. and you know the side that is never adequately represented in these discussions, these kids. i posted on my blog. i said, ok, how will a teacher strike in chicago help kids? i ended up getting all of these responses from people who love teachers, people who are mad at teachers. i had 40 people immediately responding. no one had answered that question. they start talking about teache
being like us. our university systems are still where they should be in terms of reputation and entertainment, but no one from other countries wants to send their kids over here to go to our k-12 schools. they do that there, and then they say, we will transfer them to some ivy league school or some good college in the states. we are at the point where we need to seriously look at what is going to take to change the dynamic. in recent days we have heard about a teachers strike. i think the big...
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cbo tells us on the revenue side and gives us the biggest bang -- on the revenue side, that gives us the biggest bang for the buck on economic growth at of all the options. when they did the recovery act, roads, bridges, airports -- i still believe that should be a top priority. why? that gives a list into the -- that gives a lift to the economy and it improves our competitive position. it is a two-fer. building bridges, airports, and schools is money spent in this country. we're generating jobs that are in america and a proves america's competitive position. -- and it improves america's competitive position. to me that should be a high priority. >> i would like to conclude with a question on your tenure. 26 years in the senate. he made the point that we now -- you made the point that we now have a partisan divide that is pretty vicious. from your experience, what can be done? what can be done and work for them that would correct the bitter partisan divide and allow the two parties to work together in the national interest on a more regular basis? >> one thing that would help is to e
cbo tells us on the revenue side and gives us the biggest bang -- on the revenue side, that gives us the biggest bang for the buck on economic growth at of all the options. when they did the recovery act, roads, bridges, airports -- i still believe that should be a top priority. why? that gives a list into the -- that gives a lift to the economy and it improves our competitive position. it is a two-fer. building bridges, airports, and schools is money spent in this country. we're generating...
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us. we take a look at america by the numbers and what america looks like by the year 2016. jennifer ortman and william frey here to talk about america by the numbers. we are back in a moment. [video clip] >> punch me, straggle mae, take things from me. >> we're starting to see people coming out and talk about their experiences of this phenomenon that some have experienced and had no words for other than growing up. people were starting to stand back and say, "this is not a no part of growing up." there was a moment where there is a possibility for change. we decided to start the film out of that feeling that voices were bubbling up to the surface it to say, this is not something we can accept in our culture. >> she has gathered essays and stories together in "bully." like us on facebook. >> the white house was very controversial, as most things in america were. l'enfant designed washington city. there was a competition and he submitted the design for a palace. americans were not having a
us. we take a look at america by the numbers and what america looks like by the year 2016. jennifer ortman and william frey here to talk about america by the numbers. we are back in a moment. [video clip] >> punch me, straggle mae, take things from me. >> we're starting to see people coming out and talk about their experiences of this phenomenon that some have experienced and had no words for other than growing up. people were starting to stand back and say, "this is not a no...
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you can also reach us via social media on twitter, facebook, or even send us an email. our first call for amy kremer comes from shelly in alabama. she's on our line for democrats. go ahead, shelly. shelly, are you there? caller: hello. hi, everyone. guest: hi. caller: my -- i'm calling from my state, georgia, is republican, but the tea party, i know it came about after obama, president obama's election. it was the first time. i just don't understand why we all can't get together. i know that america is based on individuality and people wanting to have a piece of the pie, but why -- it just appears that the tea party is so divisive, and i don't understand that. you know, sometimes it appears that since president obama has become president, that i've never seen so much disrespect for the office of president. oip amy kremer? guest: well, thanks for your comment, shelly, and i would to say we're not divisive. i mean, we've gone after republicans and democrats alike. we are an issues-oriented movement, focused on fiscal responsibility, limited government, free markets. that'
you can also reach us via social media on twitter, facebook, or even send us an email. our first call for amy kremer comes from shelly in alabama. she's on our line for democrats. go ahead, shelly. shelly, are you there? caller: hello. hi, everyone. guest: hi. caller: my -- i'm calling from my state, georgia, is republican, but the tea party, i know it came about after obama, president obama's election. it was the first time. i just don't understand why we all can't get together. i know that...
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joining us from the wall street journal is don mckinnon. thanks so much for joining us today. what are the loopholes and deductions? we hear those words a lot, but what are they? guest: loopholes or tax breaks of all different sorts, and whether you like a particular loophole or not depends on where you sit, i guess. there are lots of loopholes that are deductions. deductions are those that most people are familiar with. the big, itemized deductions are things like the home mortgage interest deduction. there is a deduction for state and local taxes that is very important, the deduction for charitable contributions is real important, and there are all kinds of other breaks that people are less familiar with. there are some that people are probably not aware of but all that are very big and important. for instance, the health care that most of us get at worked represents a big source of income to a lot of people, and yet it does not count as income on your taxes. that is a giant break that is known as an exemption. there are all kinds of other breaks that exists. the earned inco
joining us from the wall street journal is don mckinnon. thanks so much for joining us today. what are the loopholes and deductions? we hear those words a lot, but what are they? guest: loopholes or tax breaks of all different sorts, and whether you like a particular loophole or not depends on where you sit, i guess. there are lots of loopholes that are deductions. deductions are those that most people are familiar with. the big, itemized deductions are things like the home mortgage interest...